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“And Can it Be” written by Charles Wesley, Music by Dan Forrest Performed by Creekside Church Easter Choir, March 31, 2024 Conductor: Karen McFadden Pianist: Brandon Runnels Cellist: Christopher Swanson Choir: Rod Clarkson, Preston Nicewarner, Paul Kline, Mike Nicewarner, Josiah Derr, Tom Baird, Leah Westrum, Lexi Williams, Amy Johnson, Anne Marie Runnels, Brooke Westphal, Lisa McMullen, Ann Carte...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 You’ve heard of the 7 deadly sins, but what about the “7 devastating consequences”? Jesus raised from the dead is an essential doctrine of the Christian faith. Preaching a Resurrection Sunday message from 1 Corinthians 15, Pastor Steve points out 7 devastating consequences if there were no resurrection. The good news is the reality t...

Funeral Service for Elinor Rae Gray (12/19/2031-3/21/2024) at Creekside Church, Friday, March 29, 2024 at 10:30am Officiants: Tom Baird and Larry Westphal Musician: Karen McFadden, Accompanist Order of Service: Welcome and Opening Prayer: Steve Smith Obituary: Larry Westphal Congregational Hymn: “Amazing Grace” Remembrances of Elinor Message: Tom Baird Congregational Hymn:”The Old Rugged Cross” Cl...

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 24, 2024 “And He said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.“ (Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭15‬) Looking back at the week leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection, Bob Short’s Palm Sunday message begins with the Passover meal Jesus ate with His disciples on Maundy Thursday. Bob explores the 4 cups of the meal and what they r...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 17, 2024 Believers in Jesus can rest in a God whose promises are never fickle, whose power never falters, and whose perfect love never fails, and His salvation is personal and permanent for all who trust in His Son. From Romans 8:31-39, Pastor Steve preaches on God’s work in saving and sanctifying His children (vs. 28-30) and reveals at least 3 assu...

Jesse South :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, Match 10, 2024 The glory we receive as heirs of God far outweighs the groaning we will experience as we suffer with Christ in this world. Creekside’s Youth Pastor Jesse South preaches from Romans 8:18-30 about "the already but not yet"—a believer’s hope of future glory, our comfort in God’s current work, and our confidence in what He’s done in the past. J...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 3, 2024 God’s gifts to believers revealed in Romans 8 are abundant! Pastor Steve continues an exploration of these blessings in his message from verses 12-17, where God’s Spirit arrests our depravity, attests to our identity in Christ, and assures us of eternal glory. Steve’s message follows several announcements. Worship music permitted under CCLI...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, February 25, 2024 God’s Spirit gives us freedom from sin’s condemnation, governs our minds, and guarantees our eternal inheritance. Pastor Steve preaches from Romans 8:1-11 on these 3 powerful ways the Holy Spirit works for those who are “in Christ”, encouraging and empowering believers to live joyfully and victoriously for God’s glory. Steve’s message fo...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, February 18, 2024 As an autoimmune disease does when our own immune system attacks healthy tissues within our bodies, the reality of sin in the life of a believer is an inner spiritual battle we all fight this side of glory. In Romans 7:14-25, Paul explores the confusion, cause, character, and comfort of this conflict. In Pastor Steve’s message, these 4 e...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, February 11, 2024 When we pay what we owe to the IRS, we are free of the debt, but not of the relationship. In Romans 7:1-13, Pastor Steve highlights two ways our faith in Christ helps define our relationship to the Law and directs our response to it. Steve's message follows announcements by Alan Crim. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, February 4, 2024 In Christ, we are free from sin (not to it). Pastor Steve preaches from Romans 6:15-23, where Paul offers two reasons why salvation by grace provides no encouragement for believers to persist in sin, but an expectation to obey God. Steve’s message follows announcements and a Youth ministry highlight from Jesse South. Worship music permitt...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, January 28, 2024 Disciples of Jesus are in the unique position of being simultaneously dead and alive—that is, we are dead to sin through Christ while being alive to God in Christ. Pastor Steve preaches this truth from Romans 6:1-14, as well as incentive for right living in light of our calling. Steve’s message follows announcements from Alan Crim, and th...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, January 21, 2024 Adam was the one who brought sin into the world, and Jesus was the one who brought justification into the world. In Pastor Steve’s message from Romans 5:12-21, comparing and contrasting Adam and Jesus, the apostle Paul provides 3 facts based on Adam as a “type of Christ” to demonstrate that our glorious salvation depends upon God’s abunda...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, January 14, 2024 Unlike most of what we’ll hear from political candidates in the coming days and at the Iowa Caucus, we can be certain of this: What God has promised He will fulfill, and what He has purposed He will accomplish. In Christ, believers “have been justified by His blood…saved by the wrath of God through Him.” Pastor Steve’s message from Romans...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, January 7, 2024 "...the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith." Continuing Paul’s argument for the gospel’s availability to all people (Jew and Gentile), Pastor Steve resumes our Romans series, covering 4:13-25, and Paul’s reasoning for justification by f...

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 31, 2023 “Love so amazing, so divine demands my soul, my life, my all.” Kyle Clarkson’s New Years Eve message is a stock-taking look at the legacy left by several Old Testament kings from 2 Chronicles (some good, some not) and the greatest legacy of love left by the King of Kings, Jesus. Kyle echos the challenge of Paul to “run in such a way” (...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 24, 2023 "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. ... Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 8:9; 9:15) At Creekside's Christmas Eve candlelight service, Pastor Steve shares two aspects of this indescribable...

Steve Smith & others :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 24, 2023 God gave us a promise that was through a person for a purpose that we might have a place with Him. Creekside’s Christmas Eve morning service was interspersed with joyful Christmas hymns and brief devotionals from several brothers anchored in Galatians 4:4-5. Following a reading and candle lighting for the 4th week of Advent by A...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 17, 2023 Why was the birth in Bethlehem two millennia ago good news for all people? In Jesus’ cradle we see God’s power. In His cross we secure God’s pardon. In the crown we show God’s preeminence. These 3 keys unlock the secret to unity in a local church from the example of Jesus, and also provide good news of great joy for everyone. Pastor Stev...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 10, 2023 “What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. For what does the Scripture say?” In Romans 4, Paul offers 3 pieces of evidence for justification by faith verified by the Old Testament. In this message, Past...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 3, 2023 In the wake of an exposition of humanity’s sin problem presented in most of the first 3 chapter of Romans, Pastor Steve transitions to the Good News of God’s cure for our universal sickness. From Romans 3:21-31 we learn 3 important features Paul shares of the remedy for human depravity—the righteousness of God through faith in Christ that...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 26, 2023 Pastor Steve’s message for us is the same as Paul’s message to first century Jews and Gentiles alike: We’re all a mess. From Romans 3:9-20, we learn two reasons why all humans are guilty before God and in need of His grace—our inability to keep the law and the law’s inability to keep us. Steve encourages believers to remember that we are...

The apostle Paul proclaimed the gospel, but many in the Jewish community responded with irritation and indignation. Preaching from Romans 3:1-8, Pastor Steve explains how Paul answers 3 objections in defense of God’s just judgment—a God who is firm in His condemnation, faithful in His covenant, and fair in His commendation of His people. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 12, 2023 The Jews of Paul’s day were pretty confident in their status as God’s chosen people—but a holy and just God judges lawbreakers regardless of religious privilege or piety. Paul’s indictment in Romans 2:17-29 applies to anyone who relies on external forms of religiosity rather than internal faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. Pastor Steve...

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday,November 5, 2023 Do we judge others while thinking we’re the ones on board with God and His plans? Paul’s teachings from Romans 2:1-16 call us to think again. From Bob Short’s exposition of this passage, we see the contrasting judgment of the self-righteous to God’s righteous and impartial judgment that runs according to His schedule, our deeds, and a just s...